Northern Italy

[Reverdin]

All being well I will be travelling to Bormio in the first 2 weeks of July to seek out some interesting species I hope. I wonder if anyone has any knowledge of the area they feel they could share. I hope to visit the Stelvio pass, Val Fraele, Santa Catarina areas, and possibly go as far as Trafoi, depending. I will report back in the future, anything interesting or willing enough to make a reasonable photo.

[Reverdin]

Ok, been back a while now. If you go to my diary there are some short-cuts to my write up such as it is.
Thought I'd place a few photos here too...

triopes form of Silky Ringlet 3000m

velocissima form of Sooty Ringlet 3000m

Marbled Ringlet 2400m

The Apollo 1600m

Small Apollo 1800m

and again!

Chalkhill Blue

eurydame form of Purple-edged Copper,

Purple-shot Copper

Chequered Blue

Large Chequered Skipper

well that's it for another year

[Chris Jackson]

Some nice shots of altitude species, Reverdin. A pleasure to look at.
Chris

[Padfield]

Fantastic. I love the triopes.

Guy

[David M]

Yes, great images there. That Small Apollo has almost conjoined red spots which is something I haven't seen before.